politics

you mean you dont take weeks to count?

strange

We also don't take 2 years to campaign

reminder our election was called 2.5 weeks ago

and happened today

Trudeaus campaign spanned his whole life

you're right

i mean

wait

are elections not the same time?

rather every x years?

there is a mandatory amount of time in which you must call an election

which is 5? years iirc

you can call it whenever you want though

before that

it might be 4 years mandatory max now I forget

I think they passed some legislation making it 4, but I am not exactly sure

"When introducing the legislation, Harper stated that "fixed election dates prevent governments from calling snap elections for short-term political advantage. They level the playing field for all parties and the rules are clear for everybody."[7] However, despite the amendments to the legislation, the prime minister is still free to request an election at any time. As the amendments to the Canada Elections Act clearly state "Nothing in this section affects the powers of the Governor General, including the power to dissolve Parliament at the Governor General's discretion","

so they did do that

elections must be called on the third monday in october 4 calendar years after the last one, however, government can still call snap elections

The worst punishement known to man

lol

but yeah anyways that legislation is funny

it was passed, but legally cannot stop them from doing early elections

making it worthless

The Canadian election that Spooky wants

Pika, I love this election coverage

there was a literal mistake where incorrect results were sent

and they're just accepting it

they put it in their count and everything

lol

I think that just means those seats are not voted for yet

so they are "-131" down from last time as of right now

I figured they killed all the MPs

5 mps have been forced to quit as far as I know

2 ndp guys posted anti jew shit and got kicked out

a few libs for sexual assult things

and the mistake was something else they explained it that one of the districts reported their votes hours ago, and there being no update since

so they're just going with it

unirronically

and I don't understand how they can say that with a straight face

its the maritime votes right now, no one gives a shit about that part

"someone will probably update this later, or perhaps it's the correct tally and it just got counted out of order"

the votes that are coming in right now basically do not matter

the wrong district was out West I think

in some Arab town

oh

well that is also not cared about

ontario and quebec

they already reported a final count

are the two that matter

but yeah, I forgot how borring election coverage is

yeah

especially when it actually does not matter

if trudeau wins, more of the same, if conservatives win, more of the same but less blackface

if NDP wins

lmfao

good joke

and BQ can't win

because they only run in Quebec

greens get a few seats

every election

usually in rural BC or something

I don't actually know what PPC is

they are a new party

I think they're the actual conservatives

GO BQ

I know nothing about your politics, other than I'd like Trudeu to lose

That makes sense, current conservatives branding message is "we're not your dads conservatives"

at least from the single political ad I saw

oh, starting to get some results in from ontario and quebec

the real politicing happens now

I mean, in a country like Canada idk how you even differentiate the parties

same way you differentiate yours, superficially

considering they are all corperatists

I feel like parties can run on single issues

which is kind of a British thing too I guess

BQ is like texas running a candidate for president and getting enough success that they can force the conservatives to form a coalition party with them to win